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Chocolate lovers may want to think twice before indulging in this confection as a recent study reports an association between nontyphoidal salmonellosis transmission and chocolate consumption.

Among hospitalized patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), factors such as low immunoglobulin, anti-dsDNA antibody positivity, and cyclophosphamide use contribute to an increased risk of recurrent severe infections, according to a study.

Treatment with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in combination with prednisolone results in better biochemical remission rates at 24 weeks than the use of azathioprine plus prednisolone in patients with treatment-naïve autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), reports a study.

Many patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 experience a resurgence of the virus as well as symptoms after a standard 5-day course of treatment with either VV116 or nirmatrelvir–ritonavir, as shown in a study from China.

A retrospective study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) reports a growing incidence of oropharyngeal cancer, with an increasing proportion of human papillomavirus (HPV)–positive cases in Hong Kong in recent years.

The combination of bictegravir and lenacapavir, taken orally once daily, performed better than current complex treatment regimens in the phase II ARTISTRY-1 trial of people with HIV who are virologically suppressed.

Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) is associated with a higher fracture risk vs entecavir (ETV) after 2 years of treatment in older patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), a territory-wide cohort study has shown.